Hi Klaus,
what's about 
put "result = IsDate(" & quote & "01/01/1969" & quote & ")" into tvb
do tvb as vbscript
put the result
best
G.Wolfgang Gaich
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> the subject says it all :-/
> Please tell me that I am overlooking something obvious!!!!
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> Regards
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> Klaus Major
> klaus at major-k.de
> http://www.major-k.de
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